Search For "panchayati raj"
Telangana: KCR announces 60-day action plan to promote greenery, cleanline
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Aug 4 (ANI): Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR) on Saturday announced a "60-day action plan" for developing greenery and hygiene in villages.
Read More
No proposal to merge Union Agriculture, Rural Development and Panchayat Ra
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 26 (ANI): There is no proposal currently to merge the ministries of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, and Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, the government informed the Rajya Sabha on Friday.
Read More
NIRDPR study: Many Gram Panchayats use RO as fashionable infrastructure
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], July 25 (ANI): A study conducted by National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj (NIRDPR) on the subject of setting up of Reverse Osmosis (RO) Plants in Rural India revealed that many village bodies had installed such plants without any need and o
Read More
Telangana should eliminate malnutrition by 2022: NIRDPR Director-General R
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], July 18 (ANI): An advancing state as Telangana should strive to achieve beyond the set targets and eliminate malnutrition by 2022, said Director-General of National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj (NIRDPR) Dr W R Reddy here on Thursday.
Read More
Community radio stations create awareness about govt schemes among rural p
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], July 17 (ANI): A team from National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj (NIRDPR) visited a Community Radio Centre built with funding from UNESCO at Pastapur village of Medak district in Telangana and conducted a study on its functioning and to ass
Read More
Economists raise concern over infrastructure gaps in Karnataka
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 24 (ANI): Leading economists of Karnataka on Monday raised concerns over large infrastructure gaps and widening democratic deficit during a meeting with members and senior officials of the 15th Finance Commission.
Read More
NIRDPR launches initiative to help rural poor farm holds cope with climate
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Jun 12 (ANI): For the first time in India, National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj (NIRDPR), has launched an initiative to improve the adaptive capacity of the rural poor engaged in farm-based livelihoods to cope with climate change.
Read More
Rajya Sabha logs productivity of just 8% during interim Budget session
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 13 (ANI): The interim Budget session 2019 was a successful session with wide participation of all political parties in discussions on various issues of national importance, Narendra Singh Tomar, Union Minister for Parliamentary Affairs and Rural Development, Panchay
Read More
Rajasthan cabinet approves removal of education criteria for local body p
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], Jan 18 (ANI): The Rajasthan cabinet approved two amendments bills - Rajasthan Panchayati Raj (Amendment) Bill, 2019, and the Rajasthan Municipalities (Amendment) Bill, 2019 - to end the minimum educational qualification condition for contesting the local body e
Read More
Rajasthan: Portfolios allocated, Gehlot keeps Finance, Home; Pilot gets PW
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], Dec 27 (ANI): Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has kept nine departments with himself including Finance, Excise, Home, and Legal, while Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot has got Public Works Department (PWD), Rural Development (RD), Statistics, and Science a
Read More
PM meets newly-elected Sarpanches of J&K, promises all support
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 19 (ANI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday met a delegation of newly-elected Sarpanches from Jammu and Kashmir here and conveyed his personal and his government's commitment towards empowering the people of the state to fulfil their aspirations. .
Read More
Here're Andhra govt's efforts to tackle Chronic Kidney Disease
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 24 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh Minister for Information Technology, Panchayati Raj and Rural Development, Nara Lokesh, on Wednesday said his government is taking all necessary steps to tackle the Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) problem prevailing in the state.
Read More